Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past
Edited by Janne Skaffari, Matti Peikola, Ruth Carroll, Risto Hiltunen and Brita Wårvik
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 134] 2005. x, 418 pp.
Risto Hiltunen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Risto Hiltunen plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics
Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to modern
Edited by Risto Hiltunen and Janne Skaffari
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 119] 2003. viii, 243 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics
Articles
2010 Discourse and context in a historical perspective: On courtroom interaction in Salem, 1692 Discourses in Interaction, Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa, Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Marjut Johansson and Mia Raitaniemi (eds.), pp. 61–78 | Article
The article stresses the importance for historical discourse linguistics of contextualising texts, using the Salem witchcraft documents of 1692 as an example. A contextual analysis presupposes taking into account a number of variables with a potential impact on the discourse. Here I discuss the… read more
2007 Trial discourse and manuscript context: Scribal profiles in the Salem witchcraft records Journal of Historical Pragmatics 8:1, pp. 43–68 | Article
The present paper underscores the importance of examining the original manuscripts and their context(s) of production, with specific reference to the wealth of documentary material produced in connection with the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692. The background to this study is an international… read more
2003 Introduction Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to modern, Hiltunen, Risto and Janne Skaffari (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Miscellaneous
2003 Telling the anchorite code: Ancrene Wisse on language Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to modern, Hiltunen, Risto and Janne Skaffari (eds.), pp. 57–76 | Article
2002 “I will tell, I will tell”: Confessional patterns in the Salem Witchcraft Trials, 1692 Journal of Historical Pragmatics 3:2, pp. 299–335 | Article
This study focuses on the records of confessions by individuals accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692, both those presented in direct discourse and in reported discourse. We analyze the material from two viewpoints: the pragmatic features of the discourse and narrative structure and function. The… read more
1999 Chapter 5: Verbal Phrases and Phrasal Verbs in Early Modern English Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English, Brinton, Laurel J. and Minoji Akimoto (eds.), pp. 133 ff. | Chapter